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Groups ready large get-out-the-vote campaign to keep youth turnout high
OTTAWA - A coalition of hundreds of groups and activists is working on what is being styled as the largest, non-partisan voter engagement campaign to get young voters to the polls in Oc...
Aug 21, 2019
Trudeau vows to stand firm against 'increasingly assertive' China
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won't back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly assertive global powe...
Aug 21, 2019
Update: Three people dead after crash in southern Alberta
RCMP say three people are now confirmed dead after yesterday's fiery 10-vehicle crash in southeastern Alberta.Ten other people were injured -- two of them critically -- when the collision happened on ...
Aug 21, 2019
Dino Derby being hosted this weekend at Evergreen Park
The Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum will be hosting a Dino Derby in partnership with Mr. Mike's Paint the Park Purple - Race for The Cure event on August 25 at Evergreen Park.The Race for The Cure ra...
Aug 21, 2019 Photo from the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Facebook
NDP working to recruit candidates in New Brunswick where roster is bare
OTTAWA - A spokesperson for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the party is working hard to recruit new candidates and get its message out to the people of New Brunswick. The comments come after fo...
Aug 21, 2019
Benson driving at 'high rate' of speed before fatal crash
AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...
Aug 21, 2019
NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold death
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dyin...
Aug 21, 2019
Hotter, larger fires turning boreal forest into carbon source: research
Research suggests that bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a source of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Soil in the forest, which crosses six provinces and two...
Aug 21, 2019
'What our ancestors meant:' Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the North is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant w...
Aug 21, 2019
Grande Prairie home rental prices in bottom third of country
When it comes to renting a home in the Swan City, it might be cheaper than you think.A report produced by rentals.ca shows that Grande Prairie ranks 28th when compared to 37 other cities across Canada...
Aug 21, 2019